Live Auction 5377Centuries of Style: Silver, European Ceramics, Portrait Miniatures and Gold Boxes
A GERMAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER BEAKER
Lot 246

A GERMAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER BEAKER

FRANKFURT, EARLY 18TH CENTURY, MAKER'S MARK IZ, PROBABLY FOR JEREMIAS ZOBEL

Closed31 May 2012

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GBP 2,500

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A GERMAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER BEAKER
FRANKFURT, EARLY 18TH CENTURY, MAKER'S MARK IZ, PROBABLY FOR JEREMIAS ZOBEL
Tapering cylindrical and with a broad matted band, with silver-gilt borders and reeded rim, marked underneath
3¼ in. (9.5 cm.) high
4 oz. 12 dwt. (143 gr.)

Specialist note

The mark illustrated by W. Scheffler, Goldschmiede Hessens shows a similar mark, though with a pellet, which the mark on the present beaker lacks. As he is recorded as making a number of beakers it seems possible that this is a variation of his mark.